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UL Environment to be Gold Patron at IEEE Technologies for Sustainability Conference

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PORTLAND (Ore.) (16 June 2014) – The second IEEE Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech) Conference announced UL Environment will participate as a Gold level patron.

The second IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech) is happening July 24-26 in Portland, Ore. Registration is now open. The goal of the Sustech Conference is to explore the development and application of science, engineering and technology to promote sustainability. The program features workshops, keynotes and presentations of contributed papers and invited speakers on research, technologies, methodologies, tools and case studies.

“UL is thrilled to support IEEE’s 2014 SusTech Conference and the advancement of sustainability in science, engineering and technology. With over a century of expertise in product safety science, UL understands that sustainability represents the evolution of product safety,” said Lisa Meier, Vice President of UL Environment. “Electronic products today must meet the demands of ever increasing health and environment criteria. UL Environment supports industry manufacturers and professionals by providing tools and solutions to meet and market those achievements.”

Workshops have been scheduled on “Unintended Consequences of Renewable Energy” (life cycle analysis) and “Repairing The World (IEEE 1874)” (Open repair manuals).

Keynoters include Prof. Digby D. Macdonald of UC Berkeley “Nuclear Options for Our Energy Future” and Joseph Fjelstad of Verdant Electronics “Sustainability Writ Large – A Perspective on Sustainability, Its Impact and Implications”.

Details on the conference and the preliminary program can be found at https://ieee-sustech.org/.

The goal of the IEEE Technologies for Sustainability (Sustech) Conference is to explore the development and application of science, engineering and technology to promote sustainability in these areas:

  • Alternative Energy
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Transportation Electrification
  • Smart Grid
  • Sustainable Electronics
  • Societal Implications / Quality of Life

SusTech 2014 is sponsored by the IEEE’s Western United States Region, Oregon Section, and IEEE-USA units, and co-sponsored by the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society and IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology.

Contacts:

Ed Perkins, SusTech 2014 Chair, e.perkins@ieee.org, 503.612.9397